Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Open Pairs tomorrow, Friday, Mar 5th, at 12:15 PM. Who wants to play? Who
needs a partner? Below is a tentative list of players.
Send me any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
*Saturday*
As we have no game on Saturday I have arranged for those interested in
playing Saturday, to play in PPD Virtual Club. Many of our members are also
members of PPDVC so you will see some familiar folks.
- 10:00 0-500 Pairs
- 12:30 Open Pairs
- 12:20 0-99 Pairs
If interested contact Mojo at mojo(a)bridgemojo.com
Paula
661-755-8543
Aggi & Roshen
Amr & Gerry B
Anita & Tracy
Bob Mc & Dave W
Bud K & Steve L
Carol A & Kristi
Carol R & Paul R
Carol T & Gary T
Carolyn C & Bill B
Dwaine & Gary
Harry & Alan N
Jackie & Shari
Jan & Roy L
Judy G & Susan Sh
Kathy S & Rand
MaryAnne & Gwen
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Wayne R
Paula & Gay
Rae & Gerry G
Ramesh & Temo
Ruth & Kathy F
Sharon W & Adam
Tom B & Jerry H
Tomoko & David
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Open Pairs tomorrow, Thursday, March 4th, at 10:15 AM. Who wants to play?
Who needs a partner? Below is a tentative list of players. Send me any
edits.
As we have no Wednesday game you are invited to play in the
PasadenaPomonaDowney Virtual Club today:
- 10:45 0-500 Pairs
- 7:30 Open Pairs
- 7:15 0-100 Pairs followed by Zoom meeting to discuss hands
If interested contact Mojo at mojo(a)bridgemojo.com
Paula
661-755-8543
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Thursday Reservation List
Alan & Elliott Nueman
Anita & Ruth
Barbara L & Carole C
Bill B & Temo
Bud & Gerry B
Carol A & Kristi
Carolyn & Dominique
Cathy M & Diana
Gwen & Debbye P
Harry & David K
Jackie & Mike
Jan & Tomoko
Kathy F & Bob M
Kathy S & Rand
Margaret & Jerome
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Dave
Rae & Amr
Sharon & Steve
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Tom Beggane just reached the rank of Sectional Master. Congratulations Tom.
Open Pairs tomorrow, Tuesday, March 2nd, at 6:15 PM. Who wants to play? Who
needs a partner? Below is a tentative list of players.
Send me any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
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Amr & Dominique
Angela & Julie
Carol A & Kristi
Harry & David K
Jackie & Shari
Jan & Tomoko
Kathy S & Rand
Khushroo & Temo
May A & Hani
Melanie & Bill
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Dave W
Roselyn & Saul
Ruth & Roy
Sharry & Beth
Sue T & Kathy H
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Who wants to play bridge tomorrow? Below is the reservation list. Send me
any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
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Anita & Aggi
Bill B & Paula
Bob M & Kathy
Carol A & Kristi
Carol R & Paul R
Carol T & Gary T
Carolyn & Gerry B
Cathy & Jeanette
Debbye & Pat L
Dwaine & Gary
Gay & May
Gwen & MaryAnne
Harry & Alan N
Jackie & Roshen
Jan & Deanna
Kathy S & Rand
Melanie & Kathy M
Mira & Ron
Rae & Gerry G
Ruth & Roy
Sharon W & Dave R
Sharry & Beth
Steve L & Bud
Susan Sh & Judy G
Temo & Ramesh
Tomoko & David K
Dear Unit 556+ Bridge players and friends,
Tomorrow, Sunday, February 28th will be the last Education Foundation
charity games. All Club Game Points are doubled! Registration fees are $5. We
have two games, a limited 499er game at 3:15 and an open IMP game at 3:25.
Below are the reservation lists for both games. Please send me updates. *Room
for more. *
Paula
661-755-8543
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499er game
Aggi & David K
Angela P & Bonnie C
Carol & Paul R
Carol T & Gary
Caryn & Glen M
Ginger B & John M
Jackie & Harry
Judy T & Nancy G
Karen and Susan J
Kathy S & Pam B
Linda D & Ruth R
Lindsay & Sandra P
Lora S & John T
Margaret K & Claire H
Pamela C & Rosalee S
Paulette & Terry
Rosalee M & Judy S
Sofi & Stephen
Susan S & Carol I
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Open IMP game
Bill & Roshen
Debbye & Pat L
Kathy F & Bob McB
Kathy S & Rand
Ruth & Roy
Sharry & Beth
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Education Foundation Week continues thru Sunday! All Club Game Points are
doubled! Registration fees will be $5. Open Pairs tomorrow, Friday, Feb 26th
, at 12:15 PM. Who wants to play? Who needs a partner? Below is a tentative
list of players.
Send me any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
Aggi & Roshen
Amr & Gerry B
Anita & Tracy
Bob Mc & Dave W
Bud K & Steve L
Carol A & Kristi
Carol R & Paul R
Carol T & Gary T
Carolyn C & Bill B
Cathy M & Diana B
Dwaine & Gary
Harry & Alan N
Jackie & Shari
Jan & Roy L
Judy G & Susan Sh
Kathy S & Rand
MaryAnne & Gwen
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Wayne R
Paula & Gay
Rae & Gerry G
Ramesh & Temo
Ruth & Kathy F
Sharon W & Adam
Sharry & Beth
Tom B & Jerry H
Tomoko & David
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Education Foundation Week continues thru Sunday! All Club Game Points are
doubled! Registration fees will be $5. Open Pairs tomorrow, Thursday, Feb
25th, at 10:15 AM. Who wants to play? Who needs a partner? Below is a
tentative list of players.
Send me any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
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Aggi & Susan Smith
Alan & Elliott Nueman
Anita & Ruth
Barbara L & Carole C
Bill B & Temo
Bud & Gerry B
Carol A & Kristi
Carolyn & Dominique
Cathy M & Diana
Gwen & Debbye P
Harry & David K
Jackie & Mike
Jan & Deanna
Kathy F & Bob M
Kathy S & Rand
Margaret & Jerome
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Dave
Paula & Roy L
Rae & Amr
Sharon & Steve
Sharry & Beth
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Education Foundation Week continues thru Sunday! All Club Game Points are
doubled! Registration fees will be $5. Open Pairs tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb
23rd, at 6:15 PM. Who wants to play? Who needs a partner? Below is a
tentative list of players.
Send me any corrections, additions, or if you want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
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Amr & Dominique
Angela & Julie
Carol A & Kristi
Harry & David K
Jackie & Shari
Jan & Tomoko
Kathy S & Rand
Khushroo & Temo
May A & Hani
Melanie & Bill
Mira & Ron
Pat L & Dave W
Roselyn & Saul
Ruth & Roy
Sharry & Beth
Sue T & Kathy H
Dear Unit 556+ bridge players,
Tomorrow starts Education Foundation Week! All Club Game Points are
doubled! Registration fees will be $5. Below is the reservation list for
tomorrow, Monday, Feb 22nd. Send me any corrections, additions, or if you
want a partner.
Paula
661-755-8543
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Anita & Aggi
Bill B & Paula
Bob M & Kathy
Carol A & Kristi
Carol I & Susan Smith
Carol R & Paul R
Carol T & Gary T
Carolyn & Gerry B
Cathy M & Diana
Debbye & Pat L
Dwaine & Gary
Gay & May
Gwen & MaryAnne
Harry & Alan N
Jan & Deanna
Kathy S & Rand
Mira & Ron
Rae & Gerry G
Ruth & Roy
Sharon W & Dave R
Sharry & Beth
Steve L & Bud
Susan Sh & Judy G
Temo & Ramesh
Tom & Hilary C
Tomoko & David K
Bob McBroom is offering an advanced class on Simple Squeezes, here is what
he says:
This class is for Intermediate players who wish to move into the Advanced
level, as well as Advanced players who either never learned about squeezes
or need a review. Disclaimer- I am by no means an Expert bridge player but
this is a topic I know something about.
Basically, a squeeze is when one (or both) of your opponents is/are forced
to part with a winner such that you make an extra trick, sometimes more.
Although there are many kinds of squeezes, including squeezes by a defender
against the declarer, we will focus on so called simple squeezes (which are
unfortunately not that simple, which is why this is an advanced technique).
If squeezes are difficult to execute, why would we want to learn them? If
you think about it, any time you can make one more trick than your same
direction opponents is very valuable at matchpoints, and making an extra
trick at imps is often the difference between making your contract and
going down.
The typical bridge player will execute a squeeze on occasion and both they
and their opponents won’t even realize it. Declarer thinks their
opponent(s) made a mistake and threw away the wrong card, and the
opponents think that as well. Of course, sometimes the opponent will throw
away the wrong card when they weren’t actually forced to, called a “pseudo
squeeze”, but what we would like to do is cause this to happen because we
made it happen. Anyone who recognizes and deliberately executes a
successful squeeze feels a joy that is almost unsurpassed by any other
feeling at the bridge table (except maybe intelligently bidding a grand
slam no one else is getting to – I certainly like that!). Many of us have
recognized and successfully pulled off throw-ins at the end of the hand, so
you know that feeling. This is even better, trust me.
Anyway, this class will consist of a lecture with example hands and a
session on the learning tool Sharkbridge to practice some hands yourself.
You do not need any software to attend this class, but familiarity with
Zoom would help. Unfortunately Sharkbridge doesn’t work on Android phones,
but works on iphones, ipads, and of course Windows and Mac computers. The
class will last about two hours, and I am thinking Wednesday evening at
6:15pm. The cost of the class is $5.
If you are interested please reply to Bob, rbmcbroom(a)gmail.com
